# The Discourse Encouragement Fund

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-encouragement-fund/57504
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [February 16, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-encouragement-fund/57504 "2017-02-16T21:34:39Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-encouragement-fund/57504/5 "2017-02-16T22:22:11Z")

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It’s fine to contribute by **spreading the word** about Discourse, it’s also most excellent to contribute by **running a real live Discourse community** and providing feedback!

Stepping up from that, people can contribute bugfixes, localizations, general support of others, and [**tons of other stuff**](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-contribute-to-discourse/53797).

💰 is important, it is what keeps us in business for sure… but it’s not the only thing that matters by any means.

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